1st Edition
History and Philosophy of the Humanities An Introduction
392 Pages
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Amsterdam University Press
The humanities include disciplines as diverse as literary theory, linguistics, history, film studies, theology, and philosophy. Do these various fields of study have anything in common that distinguishes them from, say, physics or sociology? The tripartite division between the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities may seem self-evident, but it only arose during the course of... Read more
Preface, 1 Introduction, Part 1 Standard Images of Science, Part 2 The Rise of the Humanities, Part 3 Styles and Currents in the Humanities, Further Reading, Glossary, Index of Names, Index of Subjects
Biography
Michiel Leezenberg teaches in the Philosophy department and in the MA programme 'Islam in the Modern World' at the University of Amsterdam.
Gerard de Vries is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of Science at the University of Amsterdam.Michiel Leezenberg teaches in the Philosophy department and in the MA programme 'Islam in the Modern World' at the University of Amsterdam.